Ontario Reign rally to beat Colorado Eagles

Yellow Horn, not an All-Star, scores 31st goal

In a game pitting two teams who were seeing each other for the first time despite each being more than halfway through their respective schedules, Ontario scored a goal in each period of play to overcome a sloppy first frame, giving the Reign a 3-2 victory at Citizen's Business Bank Arena.

The Reign won its fourth straight and moved to within two points of Western Conference-leading Alaska, while Colorado dropped to 19-18-1-2 and remained at 41 points with its second consecutive loss against a Pacific Division team.

Colorado managed just 23 shots on goal, but only allowed 24 in the defensive affair. But after netting two power play goals in the first period -- both from defensemen -- Ontario goalie JF Berube sealed off the goal from there on out in his return from an AHL callup.

The Eagles were able to take a 2-1 lead into the first intermission on scores from Aaron Schneekloth and Jason Beatty. However, Ontario worked its own power play midway through the second frame, and the league's leading goal scorer Colton Yellow Horn was able to get his 31st of the year at 12:18.

Yellow Horn added an assist on the game-winner, a power play goal from Mario Lamoureux at the 7:31 mark of the final frame. It was Lamoureux's second of the game and 18th of the year.

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